After I started keeping track of the whole story behind every airdrop interaction, the biggest change has been my mindset becoming steady: right away, you can tell whether it’s something I want to try myself, or whether I’m being pushed along by “everyone else is farming/claiming.” I can also spot earlier when I’m being countered—such as when the signature pop-up acts weird, the authorization scope is absurd, or the page suddenly switches to a different domain—so next time I won’t accidentally slip up.

Recently, people have also been interpreting large on-chain transfers and unusual movements in exchange hot and cold wallets as “smart money.” Watching it, I’m like… forget it. Even if they are “smart,” they probably won’t tell you how to follow. For me, it doesn’t matter if I interact less; sleeping well matters more. What I can do is go slower, do less, treat risk as a cost, and don’t take FOMO as a signal.